The Two Brothers: Death and the Afterlife in Middle Kingdom Egypt
by Rosalie David
Not available yet in USA.

Anybody have this yet? I want to know her conclusions.


Press Release

November 12, 2007
A new book tells the untold secrets of
Manchester’s answer to Tutankhamen: the “Two Brothers” - a pair of
4,000 year old ancient Egyptian Mummies at The Manchester Museum, says
Eurkealert press release.


In 1907 a team led by the great
Egyptologist Flinders Petrie discovered a small tomb hidden high in the
cliffs above the Egyptian village of Rifeh. The undecorated rock-cut
chamber contained the undisturbed burials of two men. Although modest
in size, the tomb was remarkable both for the quality of its funeral
equipment and for the enduring mystery of its occupants, Khnum-Nakht
and Nakht-Ankh, who soon became known as the "Two Brothers".

In 1908, the mummies were unwrapped at
the University of Manchester and examined in one of the first
scientific studies of bodies from ancient Egypt. In recent years the
remains of the “Two Brothers” have been re-examined using modern
analytical techniques pioneered by the KNH Centre for Biomedical
Egyptology at the University of Manchester, and more of the secrets
hidden within their ancient bodies have been revealed.

“Manchester is fortunate in having one
of the very few complete and intact burials from this fascinating
period of Egyptian history, and this book reveals the way in which a
study of the objects from the tomb and the bodies buried within it can
tell us some surprising things about the lives of the ancient
Egyptians.” comments Dr Joyce Tyldesley, Lecturer in Egyptology and
Fellow of the Manchester Museum.


Rosalie David OBE, the author of the
book which describes these discoveries - The Two Brothers: Death and
the Afterlife in Middle Kingdom Egypt – is Former Keeper of Egyptology
at The Manchester Museum and now holds the KNH Professorship of
Biomedical Egyptology in the University of Manchester.

The “Two Brothers”, and the complete
contents of their tomb, are on permanent display in the ancient Egypt
gallery at The Manchester Museum.